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grab your Bible and turned to look
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chapter 4 look after four how to effectively resist temptation
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when we pray together father we pray that you will speak to us now
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as we think about the like you called us to live
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and the challenges that we pay them get the temptations
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that are out the region every day help us as we look at scripture
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to get a handle in understanding on how to
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up affectively resisted you told us in Scripture
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if we resist the devil he will fully from a
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show us how that works speak to us from your word we pray
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in Jesus name met okay quick ball before we start
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how many OB up you have ever been tempted to thin raising into
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even tempted to send K interestingly not everyone rates are yet
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I am how many have you ever effectively resisted temptation
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greater period while I'd like to see a few more yet
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I did for you resisted every time I'm say
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at least one time in your life you resisted it can we try it again
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tell you that right rather I was a little re: for just a moment
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never I'll
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look everyone
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get tempted even Minister her destroy ever
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pass to park his car in a no parking zone downtown he was making a hospital
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call
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any couldn't find a place to park so we circled around multiple times a bunny
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here to get in to see the person that requested him so he parked his car
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in a no parking zone and he put a known as windshield wiper in case a police
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officer
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came along the road down i've circled the block 10 times I have an appointment
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to keep any quoted scripture
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forgive us our trespasses inside this thing
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pastor whatever his name was right so he comes back after
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meeting with the person in the hospital in the pines at their is a ticket and
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urs windshield wiper
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pretty surprised by that he looked at it for a moment and the officer wrote down
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these words I've struggled this blog for ten years
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I don't give you a ticket I lose my job and then the officer quoted a passage to
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lead us not into temptation so that's what I want to talk about
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how to resist temptation this is a part of our series as i said
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the greatest stories ever told we're looking at the light
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death and resurrection of Jesus that this little
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section at this point in his ministry
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cry is starting I guess public
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ministry are the Holy Spirit has come upon them in the former but I love
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in the Jordan River at the is baptized by is
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cousin John the Baptist and
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God says from heaven this is my beloved son
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in whom I am well leave what
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a moment so what happened at its Justin Lee
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Jesus is immediately sent into the wilderness to be tempted
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so you might say after the dog came the double
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after the blast scene came the temptation
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but why was cheeses tempted I mean
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to get real tactical here for a moment did Jesus Christ how the capacity
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too thin the answer is no he did not
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Greg he was fully met I know but he was fully
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got to that I grew up your mind around but it's what the Bible teaches
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and the Bible specifically said that God cannot be tempted
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by evil so God is un temp double
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if you will so you might as well have that was
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through Jesus didn't have the capacity I had to give in to the thin
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why does it even matter that he was tempted well listen he
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stood in our shoes so to speak I he built the present
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and the pressure up temptation therefore we can know that
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when we're tempted and we call out the chem he knows
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what we're going through and we know that when we are tempted
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Heath sympathizes with us Hebrews 4:15
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says this type 3 the bars understand their weaknesses
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he was basing all this empty same temptations
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we do yet he did not then so let come boldly
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to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to go
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the time of day so why should I go boldly to the throne a great because
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crying knows what you're going through he understands
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that temptation that you are the thing
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now here in the chapter 4 Jesus gives us
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a model to follow when we're tempted
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I he could have used a supernatural power to deliver himself
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out at this but he pasted as the man
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in other words the Occupy ground the week to
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can occupy now listen no novice enjoy being
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tempted in fact we will probably rather that was
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no temptation but there's actually a blessing
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in Killeen through it James 112 says blessed is the man
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headed towards temptation for what he has been approved you receive the crown
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of life
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which the Lord has promised to those that love him
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you know it's hard to be tempted but when you get through it
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n you resisted yes you know that's a great
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victory and there's a a plot that this in that when you come through
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those kinds of temptation and and those birds that have a lot to say about
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temptation
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number one it tells it the can be ordered but that is amended indoors
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temptation
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don't tell me your temptation was too hard to resist
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there's no such thing got
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will only allow what you can handle he will not according to first Corinthians
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allow you to be tempted above your capacity to
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resist so it can be endured number two
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if you do endure it there's over war waiting for you
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again James 1:12 but the the method enters temptation
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when he has been approved to receive the crown of life it finally
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there's happiness in it because you have gotten through that
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Martin Luther said quote one Christian news been tempted
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is worth a thousand who haven't been end quote
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so when you look at the following at back up temptation
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number one where does temptation come from
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number two when this temptation usually Cup
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number three how does temptation come number four
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who does temptation come to number five
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where is the best place to be when temptation comes
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number six and finally what is the primary weapon we should use
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when we are tempted that an interest in you
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well it better that's what we're gonna do alright
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to look at Luke chapter for starting the first one
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then then after the baptist
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Jesus been filled with the Holy Spirit returned from the Jordan
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and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness
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to Justin that says he was led by the Spirit be tempted for forty days by the
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double
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in those days he ate nothing and afterwards when they attended
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he was hungry and the devil said to get
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if you are the Son of God commanders don't become Brett
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but jesus answered him sane it is written up you got a pin
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I want you to take it out and watch it underline something in your Bible
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underlined those words it is written there in verse for it is written man
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shall not live by bread alone but by every word of God
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then the devil taking them up to a high mountain showed him all the kingdoms of
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the world
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in a moment of time in the double that all this tutorial will give you
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and the glory for its been delivered to me and I can give it to whomever I wish
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therefore people were simple for me all will be yours
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jesus answered it said get behind me Satan
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for it is written underline that again used to worship the LORD your God
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him only show you thurr then he brought him to jerusalem
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he said among the pinnacle of the temple it that if you are the Thunder up
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God throw yourself down from here
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for it is written: now what you the notes the Devils quoting the Bible
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he will give his angels charge over you to keep you in there against a very you
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up
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lets you does your foot against a stone jesus answered it said
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it has been said you shall not tempt the Lord your God
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know that double it ended every temptation he departed from him
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until an opportune time all right let's start with the first question
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where it is temptation come from answer
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we play a key role in our own temptation
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you see the EE our cooperation for us to give in
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where there is no desire on our part that there's no
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temptation it takes two to make a successful
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temptation and you are one above the two
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a chain 1 14th is every one is tempted when he is drawn away
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bias own desires and unties and the desire is conceived it gives birth to
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thin
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it then when it full-grown bring forth debt
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now in that particular passage we have affectively
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the pines stepped-up temptation birds there's a temptation itself
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each one is tempted so temptation Cup
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in Aug on the door have your imagination
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it's been said that opportunity knocks 1 but temptation
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beat on the door every day not true
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happens to the best ever there's no perception and there's no same here
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either it's not the bay that constitute temptation
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it the by there's still a way out so temptation come
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you've done anything wrong don't feel bad about that because you're tempted
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that the mean there's something wrong on your part you can still get out of this
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a first-come
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number two it says that you're drawn away by your own desires now the problem
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starting
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so there's the bay but I kinda want the bay
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baby I even went out looking for the bay
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I and I actually went out looking for trouble
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and I'm drawn away so this is sort of like
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taking it for a test drive capped a time issue
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it could really creating has stepped on my own shoelaces
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four times this is going to be dealt with right now
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done okay sorry
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well I was down there I wonder what else I could do well I was down there that
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there was nothing else to do so weird that alright
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you remember anything I said the you're running the nurse great just trade issue
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that may be really incomparable now on
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okay so you're taking her for a test drive nothing car dealers know that
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they see it coming on a lot they watch where you girl
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they pay attention to what you're looking at and then they were connected
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say so we think that this car or local look good
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yeah so what would it take to get you to buy this car to the ward or religious
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looking
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like to take it for a test ride or want
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they have you in that the they know the have a good chance
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getting so the devil comes along with it hey check this out although I don't want
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it
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all just checkin up no I'm not adjusted wanna take it for a test ride
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so what is a test ride about this in evil
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pot non on the door a pure imagination
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and feather project in it outright you invited in for a little cuppa tea
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I'll just turn it around a little bit can have a fun little pot
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what if this happened what if I did that you know just for fun
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think your trouble already you get it because
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you're trying a way by your own desires now you're almost took first 14 together
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james won
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you're drawn away by your own desires in your entire life
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so the will is weakening the temptation is getting stronger
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you're thinking processing considering there's still a way up but it's getting
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harder now
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did you really gonna want this now the hook if that
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first 15 thereof james won and desires can see the ginsburg distance on now
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the evil but he has been acted upon this it is conceived
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the process is in full swing damn you've done it
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either you've done it in an act or you've done it in your mind here's the
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thing
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it's not just enough this day I didn't commit the sin outwardly
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jesus said you've heard that it has been said you shall not commit adultery but I
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say to you
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if you look on a woman with lust in your heart you've committed adultery tho
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it becomes a mentor said you see
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so then there's the guild and then there's the deadness
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and then there's the regret and then the affected 10k converse 15
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then when it full-grown bring forth death
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the soul that financial surely die in a little temptation
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can theme innocent almost harmless you know like
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little kittens are so cute by or did he do kitten
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then they turn into cat right
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and then you become a cat person right with a hundred cats in your house
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so that though the cats under the bus but they deserve it so
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here do we need to think about we as Christians have three enemies we contend
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with
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three enemy here they are the world the place
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and the double let's see those out loud the world
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the flash and the devil those are the enemies we contend with
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everything all day the world and all the fine and the moment
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with its allure is the external flow
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the flash with it evil desires is the in
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colonel follow and then state with this and tight
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ties with the in for more fall
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but there's a term that you hear sometimes friend in
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they were there before it's not a friend if on an enemy
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it's a friend so maybe you're at odds with each other with periodically
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you get together because it serves both up your
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purposes my concern is some Christians have become
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friend Amy's with the world but what is
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the world I think sometimes christians get really confused about this
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because they think anything that that happy you're or enjoyable as the world
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now with a grey meal was a thats worldly don't think that
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showed up you can enjoy a great meal
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oh what a beautiful sunset love that the world needed think that are in the world
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hopefully
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you don't know what you're talking about the Bible says God has given us
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all thing to richly enjoy there's nothing wrong with enjoying
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good health and a fine meal and and something beautiful
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court that two adjacent buildings but things that are hold them in
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up liberty it's great to enjoy a great phone something
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you enjoy it that's a good thing thing but that's not what the Bible to speak
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you know
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when it speaks of the world that's the year I guess what
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God created the year and even it it's fallen stay
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it still reflected glory no when the Bible speaks
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the world speaking the something different
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if not the globe it's not the planet it's a mentality
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it the third term it away love binky
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percent to 15 divided so loved the world leader that think they're in the world
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if anyone loves the world the love the father is not in them
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for all that is in the world the lot to the players the lot that the eyes and
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the pride of life
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is not a bother but love the world that's the world
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here's of modern translation that might help don't love the world's way
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don't love the world good love the world squeezes out love for the bother
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practically everything that goes on in the world want in your own way
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wanted everything for yourself. wanting to appear important is nothing to do
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with the father it just isolate you from him
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the world in all its one team one team wantin is on the way out
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whoever doesn't got one with that for eternity
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so that the world you see with it allure
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and then there's our own nature Jesus told us from within out at the heart of
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man
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that with the files amana were drawn to those things
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that told the story before the scorpion
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and the tortoise as you probably know scorpions can't really
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swept so a scorpion wanted across upon
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it under other unsuspecting tortoise laying out in the Sun
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enough to maybe be given a lift this is a two-story
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so the Scorpion a the tortoise for let
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and the tortoise responded are you Choky
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that two things to me to be a tortoise boy
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the tortoise continues on you would sting me and I would drown
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and then the scorpion response my did
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part him he would have a British accent
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know what if I would fifteen you you would drown and I would go down with you
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no tell me where is the logic in that or you go to a point there
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the tortoise hope on so they're making their way across the pond
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and the Scorpion takes out a stinger aims that
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put it in the tortoise and give them everything he had
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now the tortoise realizes he's going to drown
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turning back to the scorpion is this or local question to ask you
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yes gonna are there was no logic in stinging me why did you do it
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and then the scorpions is my did
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hot it has nothing to do with logic
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it just ninety that's not a joke
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so your support
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it's making a point it is nature it's the nature
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other scorpion to stay is a in that our nature that
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the problem the old nature that Ron
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to the thing James on thirteen says
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let no man say when he attempted I'm tempted by God
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God can be tempted with evil notice the laptop tempt anyone
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sometimes we blame God it's God's fault gonna give me more than I can handle no
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no no
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it was you you have that inward vulnerability
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alright so Windows temptation
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generally come when does that come well it as it comes at
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inopportune times does net often after times have great
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blassie know what just happened to G here
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well he was baptized in the Jordan River and God
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spirit came upon them in the form overdone it was a glorious
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moment and now come the attack
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if you will so don't be surprised if you've spent
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in evening in church turning the Bible in worship in
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manager joaquin out just rejoice in the Lord that damn you get here
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with a heavy-duty temptation if they what's that all about
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that's the way it works because sometimes you lower your guard
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say well you know i i don't think I'd give in to the temptation now after
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getting the Gods word know you can be very vulnerable often
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temptations an attack come after mountaintop
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experience we all remember that story of when Jesus was transfigured
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on the mountaintop with Moses and Elijah
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and again got the father spoke at that this
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is my beloved son hear him just in a boat that those attacks
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God the Father spoke and as they defended what is waiting for the Lord at
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the bottom of the mountain
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but a demon possess child
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he would never got speak of the devil will be there to oppose
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so maybe our guard is down going back to history
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we're told that when I hitler invaded the European nations during the early
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years
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a world war two in almost every situation he attacked in a weekend
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because Hitler knew that the very of Parliament would not be in session
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making it more difficult to react swiftly to an invasion
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the same thing happened Israel in 1973 and young chemport their
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David Thomas their highest holy holiday
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%uh they were attacked Egypt in Syria
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attack Israel backed by the Soviet Union
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but the israelis because God is greater than them
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were able to turn back there enemies and not only that but we've been gained some
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ground
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so that the double he waits for a vulnerability
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he wait for when your guard is down when you think it's not gonna happen
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any skinny hit you with everything he's
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got so even if you reach great heights in your spiritual
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live know this you're never gonna outgrow bean
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tempted so be careful because we might be feeling pretty proud
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AM doing pretty well I can't remember the last time
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I said you probably just then when he said that
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it's just a different kind of thin I pride myself %uh
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I didn't do anything bad I didn't think anything bad but I've been very good
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I've been
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saw awesomely good high bid: I may be the best person
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anywhere at that I'm God get now you're full price Juliet
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and that this into in the Bible says pride goes before
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fall what was the first then committed
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in the garden a beaded now the first then was committed non-owner
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but in heaven by looser per
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the Thunder the morning who said I wanna be like God
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I will rule in the habitat and of course he lost his want exalted position
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so the person ever committed was committed by Luther burger later to
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become
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stated Luther permitted the Thunder the morning which he once was
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and then he became Dayton which means the accuser up the brothers
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which he now is so pride goes before a fall
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number three could have temptation come to
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all in a broad sense every one is tempted but let me make this distinction
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the double often focuses attack on those who are you young in the bay
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those who are making a different in the king
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thinking about when you first became a Christian maybe some love you were young
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believers
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still but when you first became a follower
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a geez the double hit you
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he tried to talk you out of it he tried to tempt you
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out it he tried to get you away from your Christian
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Brendan get to away from the Word of God you remember that
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10 maybe a number a few years the past in any abnormal or for many many years
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but if you're serving God if you're out there trying to make a difference
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for time and eternity you better know that the double
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is going to hit you because he wants to stop you
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bent after the old country preachers said if you have not been to the double
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scepter
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you're probably not worth 50 and qu
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or as I said earlier if you can't remember the last time you been tempted
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you're either dead or you're worthless the devil say
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his Denham he say that amo for those who are a threat
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if you're not a threat he won't bother with you and that doesn't say much about
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you as the Christian
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but if you would tell me Greg I get to it that all the time well that's not
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necessarily a bad thing
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how does temptation come number four how does it come
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in most Keith it comes to the doorway
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above the mine the month thicken create the at 11:03
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falters I'm afraid that justice he was deceived by the serpent
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Cunneen your mind should be led astray
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from your sincere in pure devotion to cry
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when those flaming arrows a min godly dot com
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in our guard is down Paul tells us into concur
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grip the intent for we use God's mighty weapon not worldly weapons to knock down
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the stronghold
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up human reasoning we capture those rebel your thoughts
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it keeps them to obey cry I about storage on my computer
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you probably up and I have been known to fill my story
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because I take lotsa pictures and I keep all on my computer
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and I'm to put them in the super hard II like a moment computer
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because I like to look at the pictures because a lot of them
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if not almost all of them were up my family so I just look at these pictures
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and friends and enjoy them but my hard drive it for just the other day I was
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trying to save a document your hard drive is for
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so I have a problem I have to dump some stuff
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in the same way wouldn't be a great thing at the doubles coming with the
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list that thought
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and he comes knocking at the door and he gets a little method
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the hard drive us fall with the Word of God
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no room for years stop don't even bother
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but far too often we have a lot of storage available
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and we're willing to entertain those the hype so
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it comes in the mine in that's where you will find them
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not going to think about that no that's not an acceptable for up
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pollsters in flippy it whatsoever things are true and lovely and
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and a virtuous and/or good report being on these things
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think about things that will build you up not unthinkable care
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you down the problem is we do a little window shopping
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heard a story of a woman who up and a problem
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well spending too much money at the mall and %uh so she
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said to her husband I'm going down the South Coast Plaza as white one there to
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them
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gonna you know look at things no no no
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you can't go because every time you do that you come home with three or four
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bags fullest up
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don't go she does not just I'll just look on his brow Knoll
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no browsing the Glasgow I will buy anything okay
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so we let her go so she goes down to the mall and she's walking around
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she returns a little bit later that evening with a very expensive dress the
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things you told me
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you wouldn't buy anything he says i know i know: but I have to tell you what hap
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I'm walking down the mall and I i see a cute dress
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in the window and so I walkin yes I I did try it on just
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wanna see hot look with no intention a bind
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and the table appeared to me
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other third with that statement itself appeared to me
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in any look to me that that dress looks good on you
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the husband said you shoulda said get behind me stated she said I did
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in any third look good from the back to you
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that's not a two-story okay how many have you heard that joke before a jury
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in
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how many have you have not heard that joke before how many have you overheard
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it like you mean it again reach again
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not as many how many we thought it was funny
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how many have you are trying to reason you're here okay
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number five where is the best place to be when temptation comes with another
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now you might in church well worth it
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in the will up gaw that the place to be
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scripture does that Jesus was led by the Spirit
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into the wilderness then he was tempted by the devil now
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Jesus was always on the will of God but to make a point
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he was going were gone let him to go and in this case it was
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in the waters he was in got will
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far too often workout love the will of God
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bringing temptation upon ourselves
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unnecessarily it up down and up just in life in general
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with the temptations that come our way we go either way
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to go to the wrong places and hanging out with the wrong people
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at the wrong time a number shot when we do the wrong thing
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place month think about it
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be in the will of God member all Peter who denied the Lord
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where did it happen it happen when he was isolated from the other believers
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and it was warming themselves outside up to
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high priest's home there by a fire kyphosis home
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hangin with the budget markers and unbelievers and
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there and the glow of the fire he denied
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read times at the new Jesus Christ weicker's
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peter was in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people
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and he did the wrong thing so don't be shocked when you
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go to the party with a bunch a people you know drinking
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in using drugs that you're getting tempted
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da don't be shocked that
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when you go out with your girlfriend and you
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Reno hotel room and lay down on the bed together you're getting tempted
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don't be shocked when you go out on the Internet and you look at a porn site
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and you're getting tempted plea
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be on the will of God if you stay away from those things done nothing
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temptation
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will go away but it's a you will live under that unnecessary pressure
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that you bring upon your tell see
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so Jesus was in the will of God now here's an interesting thing
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like a bursary the double to secure the Son of God
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commend the stone to become red
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so thing he you know it's just kinda is dropping on
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this whole thing when you're baptized there in the Jordan River in the father
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said
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this is my beloved Son in whom I will please okay
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censure the Sunnah gonna by the way the word if could be translated sent so
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the devil wasn't really challenging the Jesus is the Son of God everything
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pay fits your the Thunder God whether to commend the stones
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to become Brett Jesus
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responded and said it is rid
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and I want to the notices cheeses faith in him
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as a man now Jesus is God right
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so he could have Peniche he's the one person who could say that the double
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go to hell know what have to obey
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that the gun a bit already geez it there
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or we can ever lifted himself out of that situation the good about
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would appear with him I'm gonna go somewhere else
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now EP period no
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he stood there as a man he didn't use it supernatural power
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became with the model took follow when we get
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tempted and what did he do he uses the word
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up gotta come to that in a moment but what is he being tempted to do
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he's been tempted to turn a rock into a piece a bread
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why would that be tempting a that he was hungry
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he had fasted for forty days and forty night
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he wasn't just hungry he was starving
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to death lesson
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dollar demand get hungry cat ugly
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you know that we guys that were not real complex okay
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just be the when we're hungry everything a go a whole lot better for you
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and I here's be that way the on that
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he's starving to death and
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really the temptation into that is to place the physical drive before a
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spiritual ni
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another word let your physical drive overrule what is right
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spiritually though comes to us Thursday
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you know don't worry about the long-term repercussions said
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Mon your yup have fun enjoy the moment
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fire sup play now pay
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later how does Jesus respond mention I live by
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bread alone but by every word that comes out of them out that God
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jesus's stain in effect let that you need to have your life in a proper
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down there's nothing wrong with eating food
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right it's okay to eat poop
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well we should we should eat to live we should not live to E
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it's okay to have stop but stuff should not have
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you so the temptation is to take
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spiritual things to get the most second position
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to physical things work all about your drives it's all about your
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appetites nano put the spiritual over the physical
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now the big the second temptation is really interesting
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because the double with the actively up bring Christ shortcut
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around the cross the double makes an amazing
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statement he says members up by it takes into a high mountain so small the
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kingdom
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kingdoms of the world in a moment of time you wonder what that was all about
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hey this is all my stuff Jesus maybe the kingdom's up today here's row
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here's the jet maybe it was in the future here's New York City
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here's Paris Paris Las Vegas all this is mine
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I own everything I can give it to ever
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i won to give it this is what you too was thinking about
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the song vertigo when %uh bono thing
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all of this although this can be yours all over this
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although this can be your just give me whether one and no one
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gets her right hello hello that part okay
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that so that sounds about he's quoting the double
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not with the devil is doing it either I'll give it all to you right now
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now was Dayton accurate
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in making this statement actually he was though he is the father of life
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sometimes it tells the truth
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this is one of those times all the kingdoms of the world
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are effectively under his control the Bible says he's been
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God about this world he's the print
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have the power up the year the spirit that no work
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in the children up disobedient so he started in control of this world
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system I mention earlier why did Jesus come
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he came to die on the cross it purchased back double to
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loft in the garden to be that so here's what the delam double as a
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I know why you Jesus you want to get done
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that which was lost you effectively want the title deed of the earth not a work
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buddy
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I give it to you and it's over platter you can
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no cross no blood no bearing this in the world
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you can have it all you have to do is just worship
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me give me the satisfaction a bean
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worshipped if you will dow down and worship me
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out give it to you now this is interesting birthday Jesus says
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get behind me Satan for threaten usual worship the LORD your God
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im only show you sir with the second the double din se
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served me the devil said worship be
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Boehner worship you know give it to you but Jesus said
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ollie serve the Lord worship and serve the Lord
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why did he say that because Jesus recognized
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a moment of worship can lead to a lifetime
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service you know you try that thing just
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one time at the double by just try it
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1 you don't ever have to do it
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again just one look at what
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tasted one try it what casinos
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once you tasted then you're going for you know
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not that long ago a Krispy Kreme donut
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not a good place to go you know they give you the first owner free
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what do you think that it because they just love is the Krispy Kreme donut
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know because they know once you have hot
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Lee donated that's come down that little conveyor belt
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and you can he did affectively in one-goal you gonna want
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12 more they know that just given one
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the devil says just try it one time just a little
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by and then you can stop if you want but then you don't want to stop
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so that's why even starting down these roads can be tho
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dangerous now we come to the final temptation
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a Jesus the Last Temptation of Christ if you will
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the divers 9 he brought into jerusalem then among the pinnacle of the temple
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he said if you're the Thunder God throw yourself down from here
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for it is written now the Devils quoting the Bible to give his angels charge over
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you
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to keep you and in there again they will bear you up
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lets you does your foot against a dole
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so yes the double read the Bible I think you might be surprised to know
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how well the double knows the Bible
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and if I were to interview stay I would never want to do that
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but if I were and I would ask him some questions you might be surprised
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now orthodoxy so what do you mean by that
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well by if the double okay state never question for you
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do you believe the Bible is the Word of God we think it's a
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yes I hate every word of it but I know it's already got
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hey Satan um do you believe that Jesus Christ is the Thunder
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cod God in human form again he would say yes the affectively says the right here
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in the temptation
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since you are that Sun I've got member the team at the Jesus
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cast doubt by up the people but that person and send them to the pigs
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the demand said 8 don't don't send it to the pit before our time
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Jesus Son of God the new that so
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if I were to say this a a double do you believe Jesus Christ is coming back
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again soon
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he would say yes I do and that's why I'm rockin as much havoc
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as I can until that day he would be or third of
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in that set not a believer but he would know what is
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true in fact the Bible even says that demon
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believe and from law they know what's true tho
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my point is simply that the double read the Bible
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buddy redid to misquoted and if you don't know the Bible well
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you can be misled if you look at any religious call today
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dot com they've memorize our little group Bible verses
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to prove their false doctrine and if you don't know the context that those verses
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know what the Bible teaches you can be 30 in to the faulty chips understand
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the devil doesn't always just come and the property in darkness
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sometimes it comes isn't angel love life
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and he comes to faulty the Bible tells us in the last days
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there will come ball teachers drawing people after themselves
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women its for novelty and I'll tell them what they want to hear
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and the way to counteract that scripture says to those of us or call to preach
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preach the word
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the instant in season and out of season and the best way I know up
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to prepare you for that do a quick you for that
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they have you conversant with the teaching up the Bible
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so when something Paul comes along you'll know the different
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between what is true and what is not to here's an interesting question
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on the little temptation Satan quote the scripture body left out something
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statement quoting from 91 are
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some 91 says he'll give his angels charge over you
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to keep you in all of your ways it in their hands a bear you a place to dasher
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good against AST 0 that's the part
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the double left out to keep you in all up your way
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so it it a the Bible says that the angels will
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take a review keep you but he left out the part
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in olive your way why did he leave without because if you look at the
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contextually here's what it say
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it thing when you're in the will of God you don't have to be a free
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is the you can trust the Lord to Europe together every morning I wake guided a
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you might but not of God doesn't want you to
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because your days are numbered is thing and a
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the lord knows the date of your birth and the date if your dad
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and you can be confident in him and so you don't have to live in fear
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and trepidation and anxiety in apprehension because you're
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times the Bible says are in his hand and I believe
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at the Christian is indestructible until God
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is done with by the way mark 50 what it is I'll take up deadly servant
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in a will not harm them that doesn't mean you should go to church services
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and handle
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rattlesnake I think there's a program on TV now
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about that these and I'm just telling me that is
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so one thing in because
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that is test email or and thermal these people have died
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being bitten by a been a mistake so their waters uppers meanwhile let's go
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back to
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the story of Paul when he was shipwrecked on the island of Malta
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he was warming himself by the fire in a venomous Viper
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fast in the midst of the Paul arm poll up to that point
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should get off into the fire everyone's waiting from did I
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he didn't die and LCD gott wie was they got
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with the Manavgat in government done with them yet
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so that to the first met or drink a deadly poison that doesn't mean I go out
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and drink
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strychnine or play with venomous snake means
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even if I were bitten by if they could train poison
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or there was a problem I live for whatever it might be if it's not my time
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I'm not gone anywhere but there's a difference between
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trust in the Lord in testing Lord taking unnecessary
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wrists and really that's what say the same the Jesus ages jump up with the
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angels and get you
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Jesus put in contacts thing you saw not
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test the Lord your guide now finally
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what is the primary weapon that we should use to resist
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temptation this is important
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answer the word up got
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as I said earlier teethers occupy ground that we do
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can occupy go back covers 12 again
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he said it is rid he said that over and over again
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it is written so let's think for a moment about
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the armor of God member in the peas in thick fault that put on the armor of God
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any as he wrote that was probing looking at a Roman soldier
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he would be changed the soldiers so what that it
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ilana time to top you know the other
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helmets and the other breastplate their belt kinda utility bill
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the other boots with the little pleated them to give them
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from for this and the had their short sword for up close
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combat they had their longer soared sometimes they would have a spear
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depending
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what they did they would have a small sealed for clothes
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fighting they would have a bigger shield like that sizable door when they were
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marching in the battle tho
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the Roman teltanter tools and a lot of weaponry to deal with
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it's a Paul talked about that Ethan okay though you know the helmet
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that sort of like starvation put on the helmet of salvation
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and put on the breastplate don't think right just as put on the breastplate
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right sisters protecting your vital organs in
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hey have your peach shod with the preparation at the glass bowl
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p you know put your gospel Bhutan as you gain ground
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but then he said take this sorted this period
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which is what the Word of God
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now all those items I just mention
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how many of those are offensive in how many are defense
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letter which one you wanna bellows a Roman soldier to you attack your
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enemy with your helmet you take your none of them
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feature in at No you leave your home in on
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to you attack your enemy with your boot or your send-off
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no you do not do you attack in with the heel
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know you defend yourself with this deal your one
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offensive weapon what is it the sort
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okay not coming back to temptation how do I defend myself God has given me one
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primary weapon which is the word up
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got to see what I don't understand what that means what it means is there's
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power in God
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were someone 19 burst 9:30
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how can a young man cleanse his way
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answer by taking heed according to your word
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it just in the two just two young men if you're young
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how can you live it your life listen to what the Word of God says
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someone 1911 your word hebei hidden in my heart
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that I might not sin against you well as me.
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a means to memorize the Bible is that I can't crack I
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I just I'm not good at memorizing things all stop you are too
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I without even knowing you I know your pocket just up memorize right now
44:53
your stupid songs memorized you have commercial
44:57
jingles memorize you remember trivia about some celebrity
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or some sports figure you up all kinds of stuff
45:06
in the memory bank that you're mine because that stuff
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interest you so you build your mind with those things I'm telling you
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open up some storage so the Word of God and put it in
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I versus today floating around in my brain and I memorize that the agency
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seventy
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verses that have stayed with me all those years
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so I still don't understand how this works OK
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the devil comes to in the Thames in you give in to the temptation
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and then he says you're a hypocrite
45:38
up you're not a Christian your condemn
45:41
God will not cure your prayer honey responded
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will a kiss I'm done no you come back
45:49
you come back with the Word of God you pull out the sword in it that
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you say it is written first on 19 it we will confess our sins
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he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins includes us from all
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unrighteousness
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so you're a liar because I just confessed my them and God
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has forgiven the other says although God condemns you
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no you're wrong again it is written Romans 8:1
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there is therefore now no condemnation to those who are
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in Christ the Devils person you're here you know you're not gonna make it
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a mini catch I'm kickin you down your Paul
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again you say it is written John 10 28
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Jesus BK I'll give them eternal life and they will never perish
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neither will any min plucked them outta my head
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it is written first a politically at 1:30
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being competent up this very thing that he which hath begun a good work in you
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well completed under the day up Jesus Christ
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you quote that's good for let's say you quote it out loud if you need to
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you say it so the double hear that it so you hear it you brutalize it
46:55
it is written the people living on crazy I don't care
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about this one when tragedy
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the Devils that got the band in you your life is over
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wrong again it is written from the day 28
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but we know that God causes all things to work together for good
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to those who loved him another called according to His purpose
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the devil says to you after a loved one dies they're gone you'll never see them
47:25
again say you're wrong it is written
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she's said I am the resurrection and the life he that believes in me though he
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were dead
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Shelley new server lived in him
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shall never die. and so you know these are verses that
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that I've quoted because I've been hit with Dow
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you see I went to visit the
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the grave on my son a while back in i sat there in a little bench we
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put their you know to see the name if your son
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with the date of his birth and the date of his death
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it's just heartbreaking you never get used to it
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in the just look at and I just that on the ever see him again
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I'm never going to see him again and then I just started preaching tonight
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about the great listen to me
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Jesus said and I third lol
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I actually sometimes even tell myself to shut up Greg shut up Melissa
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you might think I'm crazy for doing that but I'm telling you
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there's power in the Word of God is power
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not just when you preach to others but sometimes when you preach to yourself
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so you need to know the word of God in this is what price was doing
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he was showing that how to use the sword when
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attacked com this is the whole other Christian now
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verse 13 a blue Ford said and the double
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ended every temptation and departed from %um
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that the poor ever no until a opportune time
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oh you'll be back I'll be Barack
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wait for that moment you'll be back but
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God will be with us and all have our swords chartres
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and we'll have our armor on and we will seek to be
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in the will of God and will be ready in God will give us more than we can handle
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okay so let's wrap this up
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the Christian the Christian has
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the way to resist the devil is in the double
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soul powerful powerful
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angelic be I'm no match for here
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but crisis more than a match three-a
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because greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world
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saw the devil comes knocking on my door are just the Jesus would you mind
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getting that
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I can I can face them but Christ can
49:51
that's the hope for the Christian but the non-christian doesn't have that
49:54
whole
49:56
they have no protection against the double
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being a religious person won't help you a
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have been a crucifix hanging around your neck will not
50:05
help you a holy water wall
50:08
keep him from kami he garlic around your neck
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that'll keep your friends away but I will keep the double away
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the only defense against a ten is cry
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living in you let me take this a step further
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if you don't have Christ Libyan you friend you're thirteen
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doc it's almost like you up a bulls-eye painted on your chest
50:31
you look like the Target store here i am. hit me
50:35
because what are you up to stop them
50:38
your morality religion you have nothing
50:42
in its scary really because when you think about people being demon possessed
50:46
in the Bible teaches
50:47
people have been the people can be and I believe there are people that are
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you know controlled by the II think some are let are
50:55
produced by the devil but I've met people that I actually think
50:58
demons are living inside oven there so evil
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there so deranged there so wicked there's no other explanation
51:05
humanly speaking anything well how do you stop that from happening
51:08
you have a full-time resident that's how
51:11
when Christ lives in you there's no room for any demand come in yet
51:15
Jesus is not into work that's right
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Jesus is not into a timeshare program okay
51:25
when he comes in takes resident in your heart he is the sole
51:28
occupant so when he is living in you don't have to be afraid but appears on
51:33
living in your heart
51:34
the devil can come a manipulate you he can seduce you
51:38
he can't deceive you and yes in some cases he can even possess you
51:43
and so I would suggest you strongly that you get right with God because
51:47
temptation will come in you know honestly before I was a Christian
51:50
I didn't really do much the temptation I just thought temptation is
51:54
opportunity you know all that should be fun do that
51:57
and everybody that something to resist but after I put my faith in Christ to
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realize it was right and wrong
52:04
it was good and evil and I wanted to do what God wanted me to do
52:09
but those temptations K and the unique Chrysler been inside the view right now
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say what how does that happen will you have to admit your center
52:18
because we've all then you need to understand the Jesus Christ died on the
52:22
cross for you
52:23
is he the reason he did not take
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satan's be ballot down to him and get the kingdom of the kingdoms of this
52:31
world back
52:32
is because he knew the only way he could purchase
52:36
mine starvation and your celebration was by going to a cross and dine
52:41
the in world the Bible says without that shedding the blood
52:45
there is no forgiveness absent jesus said to atone for
52:49
of he knew there was no other way that's why he said no to the double
52:54
and yes to the father and went through with the cross
52:57
died in our place and rose again from the dead
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now is here with us standing at the door of your life and knocking
53:05
anything if you're curious boys in open the door
53:08
people come in solve US Christ to come into your life yet
53:12
to have certainly that these living in use they will great guy
53:15
I'm a religious person I didn't ask if your religious
53:18
at the Christ living inside if you will grade I I believe I'm a Christian I am
53:22
an American
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sorry I'm glad you're an American
53:27
I'm proud to be an American as the song says but
53:31
that will get you to have a need dress to be a moment when you say
53:35
lord I'm sorry for my sin Jesus come into my life
53:39
if you will do that He will forgive you will take president in your heart
53:43
and you will no longer have to fear the double taking over your life
53:47
because Christ will be the Lord and Savior
53:51
so if you've not done that yet whether to do it right now as we close a prayer
53:55
let's all power hitter per if you would please everybody praying
53:58
father I pray enough for those that have joined us and those that are watching
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and listening
54:02
me not yet know you word would you help them to see their need for Jesus Christ
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and help them to come to you we pray
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now our heads about in our eyes are closed and we're praying
54:15
how many have you would say tonight great I want Jesus Christ
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to come into my life I want him to forgive me
54:21
my thin I wanna know that when I die I will go to heaven
54:27
I don't want to be a prey to stay tonight I want Christ to be my Lord my
54:31
Savior
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pray for me right now that your desire if you want your sins forgiven
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if you want Jesus to come in your life would you look your hand up right now
54:42
lift your hands up an appropriate god bless you but your hand
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you want price to come into your life God bless you anybody else
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raise your hand up now approved for you bless you
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maybe you've been in the power up some addiction some by
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a lifestyle you can't break free from you tried and you've tried
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I'm telling you the doubles gotta holding you in Christ can
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rake it he can change you in the kids set you free
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but you have to reach out and say god help me he will forces way
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in your life he stands at the door not you up to open the door so to speak in a
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bite humid
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anybody else want to invite Jesus in their life raise your hand up right now
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and I'll pray for you
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publish anybody else raise your hand now
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York right to come into your life alright olive you to reach your hand if
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you would please
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I want to this ten-year p nominally join a prayer
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have commitment to Jesus just end up that's right stand-up you heard me right
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wherever you are stand-up anomaly join a prayer others are standing
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you won't be low stand-up other people are standing right now
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normally do in this prayer that you will pray right we were in the video
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stand-up knowledge on the spur
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steny the body of and now might be a few more view
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need to stand and a bless you
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on final moment stand up now
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you that are standing and you there watching this you can pray the same
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prayer
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got will hear you so as I pray this prayer
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free it out loud after me again as I pray
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traders out loud after me alright free this week you know if you would
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Lord Jesus i know im a center
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but you died on the cross for my sins
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I turn from that thin now
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ITU's to follow you lord be my Savior
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be my lord be my god
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be my friend I invite you into my life
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now Thank You for forgiving
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in Jesus name I pray a
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him end up like a guy
